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A comprehensive overview of key concepts and issues related to family dynamics and social issues. It includes a series of questions and answers covering topics such as child support, domestic violence, divorce, aging, and family stress. Designed to help students understand and analyze these complex social phenomena.
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Child Support: - ANSWER>>Federal government has stepped up its efforts to improve the collection of child support payments.
Custodial parents who received the full payments due were likely to be older, highly educated, and divorced
Guy employs a range of tactics to destroy his partner's sense of control of her life, so that she is afraid to leave the abusive situation. Which is not the one of tactics the guy is likely to use? - ANSWER>>Common tactics:
Coercion and threats
Intimidation
Emotional abuse
Isolation
Minimizing/denying/blaming
Children
Male privilege
Economic abuse
_____ is motivated by desire to control the partner. It may escalate over time and cause serious injury. - ANSWER>>Intimate terrorism
A recognized psychological condition used to describe someone that's been a victim of
consistent and/or sever domestic violence is called_______ - ANSWER>>Battered Women's syndrome
Due to repeated verbal and physical assault, Elaina has developed low self-esteem, and feels she cannot control the abuse or events around them. In essence she has learned to feel helpless, and has difficulty envisioning a way out of situation. This is called
Tension that occurs either within the family, such as violence or alcoholism, or outside the family, such as coping with a hurricane or other natural disaster, that tests the emotional resources of the family are called_______ - ANSWER>>Family stress Mediation is a non-adversarial means of resolution, in which a divorcing couple, along with a third party, a trained therapist or trained mediator, negotiate the terms of their financial, custody, and visitation settlement. - ANSWER>>Divorce Mediation Raja is studying family charge, and is focusing on sage related transition, that are socially produced, socially recognized, and shared. He sees ageing as a lifelong process, influenced by social structure, historic force and culture. He is using the _______ perspective. - ANSWER>>Life-course perspective Your 16 year old sister is pregnant, and your family sees this as a serious crisis. Yet, they are able to weathering this crisis because of their commitment to each other, emotional support, and good communication skills. These are examples of ________ - ANSWER>>B Factors Miguel is gaining back his autonomy and begins to feel whole and complete as a single person after is divorce. This is the _______ station of divorce - ANSWER>>Psychic divorce The three phases of General Adaption Syndrome (GAS) are which of the following? - ANSWER>>Alarm reaction, resistance, and exhaustion It's been 10 years since Everett's divorce, and he is remarried. If you were a betting Remarried couples tend to view their new relationships as more equal than their first marriage why is this? - ANSWER>>Women have greater levels of financial resources in their second marriage than their first Women demand more power because of specific experiences in their prior marriages Men give in more during marital disputes than they did in their prior marriages Both remarried men and women have expanded their roles in marriage Constance and Jerry are at the pre-separation phase of the divorce process. Which is NOT likely to be associated with the stage? - ANSWER>>One or both partners begin to think about the benefits of a separation They may first fantasize about being free of responsibilities associated with marriage But when they think about the practicalities they often become anxious, depressed, fearful, angry, and alone all at the same time. May not inform friends and relatives of their decision to separate May continue attending family functions, making excuses as to why their partner cannot join them Jonas is a single parent. Compared with a two parent home, Jonas is likely to. - ANSWER>>Have lower income Twice as likely to be impoverished Have less educated Likely to live in rental housing than own their home Higher incomes than single mothers Since around 1980, divorce rate has - ANSWER>>Decreased Samuel was sexually abused by an uncle when he was a child. Maggie was assaulted by her husband. Carmen was neglected by her parents. These acts are called ______ - ANSWER>>violence or abuse Marcus is a gerontologist who is studying the degree of impairment that elders face in things such as dressing, eating, walking, and bathing. He is using a common set of measures known as ________ - ANSWER>>Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) Why do custodial fathers receive a broader range of support from extended kin than do custodial mothers? - ANSWER>>Closer and more frequent contact Gender bias: people assume men need more help than women do with respect to parenting and other domestic tasks, and therefore are more likely to offer it The most common type of child abuse is _______ - ANSWER>>Neglect Alzheimer's Disease - ANSWER>>Is the most common form of dementia Affects about 5.3 million persons Fifth leading cause of death among persons ages 65 and over Begins subtly, misplacing a name or a recent event, but extends over several years Later symptoms include impaired judgment, disorientation, confusion, behavior changes, lack of recognition of loved ones, inability to walk speak and swallow Ultimately fatal Were likely to see a large increase in the number of people with Alzheimer's, 10 million baby boomers are expected to eventually develop the disease There is no treatment to stop the deterioration of brain cells Emma's research on middle age uses the life-stage perspective. What best describes this perspective? - ANSWER>>Contends that development proceeds through a fairly set pattern of sequential stages that most people experience Considered to be nearly universal and age-linked Transition from one stage to the next depends upon how successful a person was in the earlier stage Women report more marital problems than do their husbands. Although interestingly, women tend to blame themselves form many of these problems. Why is this? -